Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum sutherlandii Harv. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 3: 218 (1865) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal and Free State |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-3355m |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves thinly grey lanate adaxially, abaxially white pilose, capitula in branched inflorescence 2-12cm long |
Size | 6-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium pulviniforme Kuntze Helichrysum pulvinatum O.Hoffm. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |